Microids has released a new trailer for its upcoming sequel, Flashback 2, launching digitally on Nintendo Switch on November 16th, 2023.
The new look goes heavy on the nostalgia vibes, showcasing a jungle setting that's not too dissimilar to the opening location found in the original Flashback. It looks cool, and we're hoping the gameplay will match up to the much-improved visuals.
Flashback 2 sees the return of Conrad as you traverse through five unique worlds, including Jungle, City, GBI Academy, Mutant Village, and Morph Ship. Physical editions will also be available but will be launched shortly after the digital edition on December 5th, 2023.
Here's a reminder of the key features:
- Travel through 5 large levels in 5 different graphic worlds (Jungle, City, GBI Academy, Mutant Village, Morph Ship).
- Use your trusty weapon, upgradeable throughout the game to destroy the Morphs!
- Hide in the shadows to escape the enemies… or to eliminate them.
- Use armour to protect yourself from the dangers of your environment.
- Drive a mecha during certain phases and become super-powered!
- Ride your Moto Jet to get to key locations.
- Use an inventory system enriched with upgraded weapons and various pieces of equipment: Weapons, connected glasses…
- 2.5D profile gameplay for more immersion.
- Developed by industry veteran Paul Cuisset.
Are you looking forward to the release of Flashback 2? Did you play the original? Roll down to the comments below and let us know.
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Fingers crossed that this turns out good.
Love the original. I have a physical copy of it on Genesis, and i have the port on Switch. while not on my personal top 10 Genesis list, I still think its a great game. Im looking forward to this sequel.
Flashback 2 trailer is giving me flashbacks of Flashback too
I really hope this lives up to the original but I have concerns over how badly Paul Cuisset messed up that remake on Xbox 360. So I want to keep expectations relatively low for now.
@FragRed Awesome sauce
I'm cautiously optimistic...
Looks good. Really hope it turns out to be good. I remember stumbling upon flashback as a kid and playing through it with a friend and it was so much fun. Quality memories with it on SNES back in the day.
Loved the original on Megadrive but could never finish the first sequel, Fade to Black on PC due to inadvertently creating a game-save loop during a timed section making it impossible for me to complete before the timer ran out. Not being computer savvy back then, my only option it seemed was to start the game from scratch. I didn't bother and have never played it since. This new sequel seems to be shaping up very well. Hope it turns out good 🤞
The original game is horrible!! Horrendous controls/physics (are there any?), terrible puzzles and layout. This doesn't look any better. I'd be very careful if I were you.
Now Another World is a whole other story. That game is very good!
Glad that the physical release isn't limited.
I'l be honest that I don't really like the original game.
But at least the visuals have a certain clarity to them, where you can easily tell the character from the background.
Everything sort of bleeds together in a way that makes my eyes hurt in the new game. But. The game might actually be more fun to play. ^^
Big fan of the original, cautiously optimistic about this — especially after the bang-average remake that came out about a decade ago
I'm not really sure why they are still mining this IP. The absolute best part of the original game, the thing that made it a hit, and the only really noteworthy thing about it was ... lack of alternatives.
Nostalgia is a hell of a drug, but even people looking back through rose colored glasses have to remember how bad the other options were for narrative driven games. That and the fact that the rotoscoped graphics (on the PC/Amiga/Mac versions) where frankly mind blowing for the time made this a hit.
But today if I want a narrative driven game that looks great ... I got a lot of options. This might draw in some super-fans of the original looking for more content (who will undoubtedly hate it and review bomb it for changing too much and/or changing too little), but I don't think it will have wide appeal.
Paul Cuisset being heavily involved is very good news. I'm such a big fan of the original, I even liked Fade to Black and the Xbox 360 remake. October and November are going to be sd cards killers!
I would LOVE to have seen them simply update the original graphical style with some neat new modern effects (see, for instance, what Leonard Menchiari did with The Eternal Castle, which is also available on the eShop). The style of the original was a huge, huge part of its appeal, not unlike Another World/OOTW, etc. If it plays well, great, but I sure would've liked to see this follow in the visual footsteps of the first, which is still one of the most visually jaw-dropping games out there.
I liked Flashback and I'm looking forward to the review of this game see if it can match up or exceed.
Erm, did you not look at the trailer at the end it has two physical versions too, a collectors edition and a limited edition. True they are not until December but still.....
Anyways, I love the first one, played it to death on my Acorn 4000 back in the day and then got the physical for Switch, not sure about the new one, the 2D/3D action looks kind of jarring to me. Will wait on the reviews, or probably just buy it because of the nostalgia
Best title to an article I've seen in years.
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